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PictoDroid Lite is an application for Android devices that allows users to communicate through the use of pictograms or Picts (signs that represent schematically a symbol, a real object or a figure). This Lite version only allows to express very specific actions in the punctual mode, creating sentences starting with:

-let's go to...-I want to play...-I want to go to the bathroom...-I want to drink...-I want to eat....-I am...

Upon the selection of each Pict, the system proceeds to read the pict selected.

In accumulative mode, it allows the creation of simple sentences, by the selection of subjects, verbs, objects, adverbs and adjectives. Upon the completion of the whole sentence created by picts, the system reads the complete sentence.

All Picts may be modified or deleted and you may add as many as needed. The process is explained in the application manual available in www.accegal.org. If you have questions or difficulty in setting PictoDroid Lite you can contact us by email contacto@accegal.org and we will try to help you.

The user's guide is available in http://www.accegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/manual-pictodroid-lite-english-v2.pdf

The picts in english for the punctual mode can be found in http://www.accegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PictoDroidLite.zip and for the accumulative mode in http://www.accegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PictoDroidLite_AC.zip. To use them just remove the folders PictoDroidLite and PictoDroidLite_AC in the internal memory of your tablet or cell phone, and substitute them for the folders in the previous zip files.

The application uses the Picts of ARASAAC (http://arasaac.org/), created by Sergio Palao and distributed with Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA), but you can configure it to use other Picts and even real images.

To make the voice synthesizer work:For version 2.1:- Go to page http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/list and download packages "tts_3.1_market.apk" and "com.svox.langpack.installer_1.0.1.apk". Install them on the device.

From version 2.2:- Go to "Settings> Voice Input and Output", click on "Settings speech synthesis" and then "Install voice data files."

PictoDroid Head Lite is a version of PictoDroid Lite which allows to be controlled by head movements. To use it you need to install the application OpenCV Manager.

Making a move to the right, it will select the pict to the right. Movement to the left, the pict to the left. A movement down, the current pict is selected, and an upward movement will simulate the button “back”.

For proper operation, it is recommended to use it in a well lit and with a background as flat as possible. It requires time to adjust to the control using head movements.

MyGame Memory is the first application of “MyGame” family. In this new family we intend to create cognitive game generators, so you can create and play these games but always adapting them to the end user. This first application allows creating and playing memorys, the clasic game of raising cards and finding two alike.

MyGame Memory is an app intended mainly for educator's use. It allows teachers (and therapist alike) to design their own memory games based on different inputs such as clone or similar images, texts, audio files (mp3 or TTS), etc. These memory games might be linked in an specific order.

It's primary objective is to work out cognitive skills: linguistic, audio and visual memory, patterns and relations, and spatial memory. As it is flexible and fully configurable it suits all sorts of needs, from regular alumni of all ages to students with special needs. Another strong point is the possibility to aim for motivation targets that may raise student's interest.

Although we believe the teacher will be the one creating memory games, chances are that students may create and share among them memories as a challenge. All memory games are easily shared by means of uploading/downloading a mere folder.

The app has been originally developed with children and adults with cognitive issues and special needs in mind but works great in Foreign Language Learning.

This application makes possible to create games matching same images, same sounds, same texts, associated images, image with sound (using audio files or voice synthesizer), image with text and text with sound. You can set the number of pairs from 2 to 15, a maximum time to finish the game or the possibility of a configurable number of hints. Finally, it also allows you to create sets of grouped games or individual games. It is available in Spanish, English, German, French, Italian and Galician.

The application uses, as an example, the Picts of ARASAAC (http://arasaac.org/), created by Sergio Palao and distributed with Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA).

PictoDroid Med is a version of PictoDroid Lite intended for communication in medical environments. It is based on the Notebook of Support for Patient Communication created by CEAPAT.

This application will allow a patient to communicate in a medical environment. It is available in Spanish, English, German, French and Italian. It includes the ability to use one language for texts and another for audio, thus, allowing patients to effectively communicate with professionals who speak a different language.

MyKeyboDroid is a text-to-speech based on a dynamic keyboard. It allows people physically impared writing and speaking. It also facilitates the acquisition of literacy skills by young children or with difficulties. By default it has a QWERTY keyboard and an optimized keyboard with most frequent letters easily clickable. It also allows two types of writing: syllabic and letter by letter.MyKeyboDroid allows numerous settings: keyboard type, language (English, German, Spanish, French and Italian), color (background, font and border), font size, touch type… It also allows to configure new keyboards using XML files.From version 2.0 it allows you to enter text by scanning, so you can click anywhere on the screen to select the active item. It also allows you to set a time after selecting an item for which no pulsations will be captured and the option to copy what is writing to the clipboard.

App that allows reading with the voice synthesizer the text entered using the keyboard, it is designed for people with communication problems affecting their speech.

After writing a message in the text box on the main screen and pressing ENTER, the message is read by the speech synthesizer and stored in the user's history. This history is displayed on the screen and by clicking on one of those messages, this will be read aloud again.

A message can be saved as common action by long pressing on the message. The app has a button on the main screen to access common actions, where they are all enlisted and can be read by simply clicking on them, long pressing an utterance stored as common action will delete it.

It also includes a setup menu to configure the voice synthesizer in the corresponding language. Available languages are: Spanish, German, English, French and Italian.

When choosing exit to leave the program, the history will be deleted, but not those saved as common actions.

To make the voice synthesizer work:For version 2.1:- Go to page http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/list and download packages "tts_3.1_market.apk" and "com.svox.langpack.installer_1.0.1.apk". Install them on the device.

From version 2.2:- Go to "Settings> Voice Input and Output", click on "Settings speech synthesis" and then "Install voice data files."

Application designed to meet the needs of physically impaired people with very restricted controlled movement. It features a virtual keyboard aimed to be a means of alternative communication and thus improve their life quality. All fields and items are scanned, being highlighted as ‘active item’ the one in orange. To access the active item, a touch anywhere on the screen acts as input method. It also includes a voice synthesizer that reads aloud the messages provided by the user to third parties.

It is divided into the following fields:*Vowels*Consonants*Numbers*Symbols*Smileys*Frequent actions (stored by the user himself).*End (when the user concludes a message to be sent to the speech synthetizer and saved in a database).*Save Frequent Action (the message will be read aloud by the TTS and will subsequently appear in the frequent action field).*Delete.

This application also provides a menu with different items: settings, recent messages, about and exit.

Regarding ‘Settings’ menu item, it offers the following possibilities:*Language (vowel and consonant order, voice synth configuration, etc. depending on the language).*Type (to select the number of items in the scanning area).*Scanning speed.*Speech Synthetizer (enabled/disabled)*Touch (to access a field or item by simply touching anywhere on the screen, or pressing and releasing anywhere to access the active item).

When selecting the ‘recent messages’ menu item, the system will display the last twenty messages communicated by the user by activating the ‘End’ field on VirtualTEC. The very last message will be the first on the list.

To make the voice synthesizer work:For version 2.1:- Go to page http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/list and download packages "tts_3.1_market.apk" and "com.svox.langpack.installer_1.0.1.apk". Install them on the device.

From version 2.2:- Go to "Settings> Voice Input and Output", click on "Settings speech synthesis" and then "Install voice data files."